[Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis, and Interpretation - 1992 Edition ]
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AUTHORIZATION
PUBLIC LAW 91-589, 84 STAT. 1585, 2 U.S.C. Sec. 168
JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the preparation and printing of a revised
edition of the Constitution of the United States of America--
Analysis and Interpretation, of decennial revised editions
thereof, and of biennial cumulative supplements to such revised
editions.
Whereas the Constitution of the United States of America--Analysis and
Interpretation, published in 1964 as Senate Document Numbered
39, Eighty-eighth Congress, serves a very useful purpose by
supplying essential information, not only to the Members of
Congress but also to the public at large;
Whereas such document contains annotations of cases decided by the
Supreme Court of the United States to June 22, 1964;
Whereas many cases bearing significantly upon the analysis and
interpretation of the Constitution have been decided by the
Supreme Court since June 22, 1964;
Whereas the Congress, in recognition of the usefulness of this type of
document, has in the last half century since 1913, ordered the
preparation and printing of revised editions of such a document
on six occasions at intervals of from ten to fourteen years; and
Whereas the continuing usefulness and importance of such a document will
be greatly enhanced by revision at shorter intervals on a
regular schedule and thus made more readily available to Members
and Committees by means of pocket-part supplements: Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Librarian of
Congress shall have prepared--
(1) a hardbound revised edition of the
Constitution of the United States of America--Analysis
and Interpretation, published as Senate Document
Numbered 39, Eighty-eighth Congress (referred to
hereinafter as the ``Constitution Annotated''), which
shall contain annotations of decisions of the Supreme
Court of the United States through the end of the
October 1971
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term of the Supreme Court, construing provisions of the
Constitution;
(2) upon the completion of each of the October
1973, October 1975, October 1977, and October 1979 terms
of the Supreme Court, a cumulative pocket-part
supplement to the hardbound revised edition of the
Constitution Annotated prepared pursuant to clause (1),
which shall contain cumulative annotations of all such
decisions rendered by the Supreme Court after the end of
the October 1971 term;
(3) upon the completion of the October 1981 term
of the Supreme Court, and upon the completion of each
tenth October term of the Supreme Court thereafter, a
hardbound decennial revised edition of the Constitution
Annotated, which shall contain annotations of all
decisions theretofore rendered by the Supreme Court
construing provisions of the Constitution; and
(4) upon the completion of the October 1983 term
of the Supreme Court, and upon the completion of each
subsequent October term of the Supreme Court beginning
in an odd-numbered year (the final digit of which is not
a 1), a cumulative pocket-part supplement to the most
recent hardbound decennial revised edition of the
Constitution Annotated, which shall contain cumulative
annotations of all such decisions rendered by the
Supreme Court which were not included in that hardbound
decennial revised edition of the Constitution Annotated.
Sec. 2. All hardbound revised editions and all cumulative
pocket-part supplements shall be printed as Senate documents.
Sec. 3. There shall be printed four thousand eight hundred and
seventy additional copies of the hardbound revised editions prepared
pursuant to clause (1) of the first section and of all cumulative
pocket-part supplements thereto, of which two thousands six hundred and
thirty-four copies shall be for the use of the House of Representatives,
one thousand two hundred and thirty-six copies shall be for the use of
the Senate, and one thousand copies shall be for the use of the Joint
Committee on Printing. All Members of the Congress, Vice Presidents of
the United States, and Delegates and Resident Commissioners, newly
elected subsequent to the issuance of the hardbound revised edition
prepared pursuant to such clause and prior to the first hardbound
decennial revised edition, who did not receive a copy of the edition
prepared pursuant to such clause, shall,
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upon timely request, receive one copy of such edition and the then
current cumulative pocket-part supplement and any further supplements
thereto. All Members of the Congress, Vice Presidents of the United
States, and Delegates and Resident Commissioners, no longer serving
after the issuance of the hardbound revised edition prepared pursuant to
such clause and who received such edition, may receive one copy of each
cumulative pocket-part supplement thereto upon timely request.
Sec. 4. Additional copies of each hardbound decennial revised
edition and of the cumulative pocket-part supplements thereto shall be
printed and distributed in accordance with the provisions of any
concurrent resolution hereafter adopted with respect thereto.
Sec. 5. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums, to
remain available until expended, as may be necessary to carry out the
provisions of this joint resolution.
Approved December 24, 1970.